The overarching aim of the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation e.V. (DGPF) is to serve the promotion, maintenance and exchange of experience in research, development and application of photogrammetry, remote sensing and geoinformatics in the various branches of science, society and technology.

To this end, both academic and applied research is fostered in multiple formats. Be it in our annual conferences, the Journal PFG, or through participation in fairs and advanced training events. A good and close connection to the industry is at the very heart of our society: Besides academic and public authorities, currently 47 companies are members of DGPF. At the mentioned joint events, the mutual benefit becomes obvious already.

To give our company members a platform to present themselves beyond the classical ways, we introduce a new section in the “reports” unit of PFG. In the current issue, the company rapidlasso GmbH provides some insights into the history and the development, in this case on the product portfolio around the popular “lastools”-suite. We invite readers to get to know this company better, and at the same time offer other members to present their company in a similar format, as well. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact the Editor-in-Chief, Markus Gerke, or the secretary of DGPF, Michael Cramer (sekretaer@dgpf.de).

Besides this new section, this issue contains four original research articles, demonstrating the broad range of our domain: Hatipoglu et al. develop a new method to track objects in airborne imagery, while Iqbal et al. enhance a method on dense stereo matching. Alamouri et al. analyze the impact of drone regulations on our geospatial sector, while Moradizadeh et al. present a satellite remote sensing-based approach to monitor snow water equivalent.